Today’s blog post is directly inspired by the conversation I had during my Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. During the consulting engagement, one of the developers reported below error in the database while trying to open a database diagram.
What is Clean Buffer in DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS? – Interview Question of the Week #215
Question: What is Clean Buffer in DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS?
SQL SERVER – FIX: The specified instance of SQL Server is hosted by a system that is not a Windows Server Failover Cluster(WSFC) Node.
Sometimes if the sequence is not followed correctly, we might see some weird errors. In this blog, we would learn how to fix always on an error while adding new replica “The specified instance of SQL Server is hosted by a system that is not a Windows Server Failover Cluster(WSFC) node.”
SQL SERVER – SQL Server Configuration Manager Missing from Start Menu
Earlier I wrote a blog on the same topic and today I found another way to do the same thing. In this blog, we would discuss the steps you can take to open SQL Server Configuration Manager when its missing from Start Menu in the Windows operating system.
SQL SERVER – How to Drop All the Hypothetical Indexes of Database?
Earlier I wrote a blog post SQL SERVER – Say No To Database Engine Tuning Advisor and I got an email from my existing client where I frequently engage for Comprehensive Database Performance Health Check. They wanted me to help them remove all the negative impact of the Database Engine Tuning Advisor (DTA). I was able to help them achieve this by removing the Hypothetical Indexes they had added using the DTA.
SQL SERVER – SQL Service Not Getting Started Automatically After Server Reboot While Using gMSA Account
This was the first experiment with gMSA account in my lab and I faced an interesting issue. In my lab environment, I have a complete domain server and member servers. Once I configured gMSA for SQL Server service and restarted the machine, SQL Service didn’t start automatically even though it was set for an automatic startup as shown below.
SQL SERVER – Error: 18456, State 149 – Login-based Server Access Validation Failed With an Infrastructure Error. Login Lacks Connect Endpoint Permission
Sometimes while reproducing a situation results in another new error and I get an idea for a new blog. In this blog we would talk about an error Login-based server access validation failed with an infrastructure error. Login lacks connect endpoint permission.
SQL SERVER – FIX: 3637 – A Parallel Operation Cannot be Started From a DAC Connection
This was indeed one of an interesting error which I have never seen earlier and it is about DAC Connection.
Here is the complete error message which my client reported.
How to Extract Alphanumeric Only From A String? – Interview Question of the Week #214
Question: How to Extract Alphanumeric Only From A String?
Early Bird Pricing – SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019
There are only 6 days to sign up for the early bird pricing for SQL Server Performance Tuning Practical Workshop for EVERYONE – April 23, 2019. The class is very first only class and will not be offered again in the first quarter. Last year when I offered the class, I had received rave reviews for the class, however, we closed the class at the end of last year. However, there has been a lot of requests to offer the class again and I have decided to offer this class on April 23, 2019.